Joint-cover or kick-plate.



PATENTED SEPT. 22, 1903.

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UNITED STATES Patented September 22', 1905;.'

CHRISTIAN C. BOHN, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

JOINT-COVER ORV KICK-PLATE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 739,282, datedSeptember 22, 1903. Application filed February 21, 1903. Serial No.144,478. (No model.)

To all whom, t may concern:

Be it known that I, CHRISTIAN C. BoHN, a citizen of the United States,residing in the city of New York, in the county of New York and State ofNew York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Joint-Covers or Kick-Plates, of which the following is a specification.

It is old in the art of installing conduits for electric circuits toplace the conductingwire in wooden moldings fastened to the walls Forthe purpose of tire protection it is prohibited to run these moldingsthrough partitions or walls, and it is compulsory to insulateeachindividual wire by means of reproof tubing, such as porcelain tubes,&c., and have these tubes protect the'conducting-wire when carriedthrough walls, dac. In using the two insulating means, wooden moldingsand fireproof tubing, it is necessary to provide means for covering andprotecting the place of abutment of the same in order to prevent damageto the conduits, to protect the conducting-wire, and avoid theaccumulation of dust, dirt, dto.

The object of the present invention is to provide simple and eiiicientmeans for accomplishing this purpose, and the nature of this inventionis fully disclosed and described in the following specication andillustrated in the accompanying drawings.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a front view of the structure. Fig. 2 is asimilar view, partially cut away. Fig. 3 is a horizontal crosssection inthe plane of the top of the fireproof tubing. Fig.4 is a verticalcross-section of the device, showing one of the tubes in side view; andFig. 5 is a perspective side View of the joint-cover proper, common-lycalled a kick-plate. l

1, in Figs. 2 and 4., is the regular wooden molding, such as extensivelyused in wiring houses, dsc.

2 is the usual wooden strip for covering the wire after the same hasbeen put in place. The molding is ordinarily nailed or screwed to thewalls, and when the conducting-wire is to be carried through a wall,ceiling, dto., the molding is brought quite close to the corner formedby the wall and floor or wall and ceiling. Tubes 4, made of suitabletireproof insulating material-such as porcelain, vitreous material, ber,&c.-are used to carry the wire through these floors, partitions, &c. Forthe purpose of giving room for the tubes 4. the middle portion l0 of themolding l is suitably cut away, so that thev conducting-wire 3 may becarried directly from the grooves of the molding 1 into the hollow ofthe tubes ,4. A joint-cover or kickplate, Fig. 5, of metal, fiber,vitreous or other suitable material, is then placed about the recess inthe molding l, containing the tubing 4t, so that its front 5 covers saidrecess and its sides 6 surround the side portions of the molding l.Suitable Ilanges or other means 7, provided with screw-holes 8, are usedto fasten this joint-cover or kick-,plate 5 to one of the walls orpartitions by means of screws 9 or nails, so that it may rest with oneof its open sides against the other of the walls forming the corner withthe first one.

This device so constructed is a very eicient protection for the end ofthe molding as well as for the tubing containing the conducting-wire. Itis easily applied and removed. Different dimensions of the jointcover orkick-plate of course may be used as well as different material toconstruct the same according to different requirements without departingfrom the intended scope of the present invention.

What is claimed as new and useful, and desired to be protected byLetters Patent, is

1. The combination withamoldingcomprising a strip and partitionsintegral therewith forminglongitudinal outer channels, of individualiireproof conduits abutting with the channels of the molding,akick-plate for covering the outer sides of the molding and the fireproofconduits at the abuttal of the channels and the conduits, and means forcovering the channels and abutting with the upper ends of thekick-plate.

2. The combination with a molding having outer longitudinal channels, ofconduits abutting with the channels, electrical conductors passingthrough the conduits and the channels, a kick-plate forming an integralstruciny hand, in the presence of tWo subscribing ture surrounding theouter sides ofthe mold Witnesses, this 19th day of February, 1903. ingand. the abutting ends of the conduits and Y i the channels, means forcovering the chanl Y ('HRISTIAN C BOHN 5 nels and means for securing thekick-plate to Witnesses:

the Wall. RALPH JULIAN SACHERs,

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set RYL. WELLS.

